09.12.

2023

THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE AND THE PAST CONTINOUS TENSE

QÚA KHỨ ĐƠN VÀ QUÁ KHỨ TIẾP DIỄN
Bài 1: Chia dạng đúng của động từ.
1. I (spend) ____spended______ my all holiday in Japan with my grandparents last
month.
2. They (tobe) _____were_____ very lucky with the weather yesterday.
3. Most of the time I (sit) _____was sitting_____ in the library.
4. We (not/eat) _____didnt ate_____ nothing all day.
5. Her family (visit) ____visited_______ a farm in London three weeks ago.
6. She (meet) _____met______ a lot of kind people while she (work) _____was
working_____ in New York.
7. His sister (play) _____played_____ a lot of badminton when she was younger.
8. When she (open) __opened_______ the door, it (rain) ____was raining________.
9. Potter (sleep) ____ was sleeping______ when his parents (come) __came________.
10. I (fail) ____failed_____ in some subjects, but my best friend passed in all.
Bài 2: Chia đúng các động từ sau ở thì quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn.
On my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) (1) ……went ……to the beach for the
first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) (2) ……swam……in the sea while my
mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a sand castle and my father (drink)
(3) ……was drinking……. some water. Suddenly, I (see) (4) …saw………a boy on the
beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) (5) …was………
beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) (6) ……
beat……fast. I (ask) (7) ……asked……him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) (8) …
told………me that his name was John. He (stay) (9) ……stayed……with me the whole
afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we
(have) (10) ……had……a lot of fun together. At the end of my holiday when I left Hawaii I
said goodbye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote me a letter very soon and I
answered him.

Bài 3: Chọn đúng thì của các câu sau (quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn).
1. Alice saw/ was seeing the accident when she was catching the bus.
2. What were you doing/ did you do when I called?
3. I didn’t visit/ weren’t visiting my friends last summer holiday.
4. It rained/ was raining heavily last July.
5. While people were talking to each other, he read/ was reading his book.
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6. My sister was eating/ ate hamburgers every weekend last month.

7. While we were running/ ran in the park, Mary fell over.
8. Did you find/ Were you finding your keys yesterday?
9. Who was she dancing/ did she dance with at the party last night?
10. They were watching/ watched football on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.

Bài 4: Chia động từ thích hợp.

1. We ………were eating………..(eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at
7:30).
2. Yesterday I ……went………. (go) to the Post Office, ……bought………. (buy)
some fruit at the supermarket and ……was reading…………. (read) a book in the
park in the afternoon.
3. We ……was watching……. (watch) TV when we ……… heard……. (hear) a loud
noise.
4. Julie ………was……. (be) in the garden when Laurence ……arrived……….
(arrive).
5. A: What ………did you do……. (do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I ……cleaned……….
(clean) my house.
6. Last year I ………visited………. (visit) Paris and Rome.
7. They ……was having………. (have) dinner when the police ……came……….
(come) to the door.
8. He ………was working……. (work) in the garden when he ………found…….
(find) the money.
9. Laura ………was studying………. (study) at 11pm last night.
10. He …was sleeping……. (sleep) when the doorbell …rang…………. (ring).

Bài 5: Chia động từ thích hợp.

1. I ………was walking……. (walk) along the road when I ……met………. (meet) an
old friend.
2. It ………was……. (be) a day in December. Snow ………was falling……… (fall) ,
children ……was singing………. (sing) carols and people ……was doing……….
(do) their Christmas shopping.
3. My ex-boyfriend ………was……. (be) so annoying! He ……always missed……….
(always miss) the bus and arriving late.
4. When I ………called……. (call) Julie, she ………was working……. (work).
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5. Why ……was you crying………. (cry) when I …arrived…………. (arrive)?

6. When he ……was getting………. (get) home we started to eat dinner.
7. At 10 am yesterday, I ………was sitting……. (sit) on a bus.
8. I …………enjoyed……. (enjoy) my book so much that I ..didnt notice…….
(not/notice) that the train had stopped.
9. David ……wasn’t sleeping…… (not/sleep) when I …arrived…. (arrive) , he ………
was studying………. (study).
10. Mr Black ……wasn’t working…………. (not/work) in the garden at 10pm last
night.

Bài 6. Viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh ở thì quá khứ tiếp diễn dựa trên từ
gợi ý
1. (they / take the exam?)
- Were they taking the exam?
2. (when / he / work there?)
- When was he working there?
3. (you / make dinner?)
- Was you making dinner?
4. (they / drink coffee when you arrived?)
- Were they drinking coffee when you arrived?
5. (when / we / sleep?)
- When were we sleeping?
6. (they / study last night)
- They were studying last night.
7. (we / talk when the accident happened)
- We was talking when the accident happened
8. (he / not / exercise enough)
- He wasn’t exercise enough
9. (I / talk too much?)
- Was I talk too much?
10. (it / not / snow)
- It wasn’t snowing
11. (how / they / feel?)
- How were they feeling?
12. (they / not / talk)
- They weren’t talking
13. (where / I / stay?)
- Where was I staying?
14. (why / he / study on a Saturday night?)
- Why was he studying on a Saturday night?
15. (I / go to school when you saw me)
- I was going to school when you saw me
16. (you / sleep at 6am)
- You was sleeping at 6pm
17. (she / work when I called)
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- She was working when I called

18. (we / not / leave when you called)
- We weren’t leaving when you called
19. (I / not / stay in a hotel)
- I wasn’t staying in a hotel
20. (we / make too much noise?)
- Were we making too much noise?